Abby Jimenez Is Reinventing the Meet-Cute

The queen of emotional love stories tackled her biggest challenge yet with her eighth book, The Night We Met. In this exclusive conversation and excerpt, she shares why her passion for these characters will soon be your passion, too.

- Interviewed by TAMARA FUENTES

Everyone loves a meet-cute, but The Night We Met gives us what I'll call a remeet-cute between characters Larissa and Chris.

This book was very different for me. The characters have met before (in the bonus epilogue of a special edition of Say You'll Remember Me), but it didn't go the way it should have. Choices were made. The wrong choices. I really enjoyed giving them their second meet-cute here because Chris didn't get a fair shot the first time.

While this is a sequel to Say You'll Remember Me, you've mentioned it can also be read as a standalone. How do you balance writing for fans eager for book two with bringing in totally new readers?